Tracklist
1 | Katie MaeBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Lonnie CastileGuitar – Jesse Edwin Davis, Mel BrownGuitar, Vocals – Lightnin' HopkinsGuitar, Vocals, Voice [Comments] – John Lee HookerMelodica [Electric Lady] – Clifford Coulter | 6:23 |
2 | I Forgot To Pull My Shoes OffBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Jim GordonGuitar – Jesse Edwin Davis, Mel BrownGuitar, Vocals – Lightnin' HopkinsPiano – Clifford Coulter | 5:29 |
3 | Just Out Of LouisianaBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Lonnie CastileElectric Piano – Mel BrownGuitar – Charlie Grimes, Jesse Edwin Davis, Luther TuckerGuitar, Voice [Comments off-mike] – John Lee HookerSlide Guitar, Vocals – Lightnin' Hopkins | 3:35 |
4 | It's A Sin To Be Rich, It's A Low-Down Shame To Be PoorBass – Clifford CoulterDrums – Bruce WaltersGuitar – Jesse Edwin Davis, John Lee Hooker, Mel BrownGuitar, Vocals – Lightnin' Hopkins | 4:45 |
5 | Turn Me OnBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Lonnie CastileGuitar – Charlie Grimes, Luther TuckerPiano, Vocals – Lightnin' Hopkins | 7:28 |
6 | Candy KitchenBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Lonnie CastileGuitar – Charlie Grimes, Jesse Edwin Davis, Luther TuckerGuitar, Vocals – John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins | 5:57 |
7 | RobertaBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Lonnie CastileElectric Piano – Clifford CoulterGuitar – David CohenGuitar, Vocals – Lightnin' HopkinsViolin – Michael White | 4:33 |
8 | Y'all Escuse MeBass – Joe Frank CorollaDrums – Lonnie CastileElectric Piano – Clifford CoulterGuitar – David CohenOrgan – Mel BrownSlide Guitar – Lightnin' Hopkins | 6:15 |
9 | Howlin' WolfRap – Lightnin' Hopkins | 0:30 |
10 | The Rehersal (For It's A Sin To Be Rich)Bass – Clifford CoulterDrums – Bruce WaltersGuitar – Jesse Edwin Davis, John Lee Hooker, Mel BrownSlide Guitar, Voice [Comments] – Lightnin' Hopkins | 4:57 |
11 | Get Out Your PencilRap – Lightnin' Hopkins | 0:20 |
Versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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517 514-2 | Lightnin' Hopkins | It's A Sin To Be Rich (CD, Album) | Gitanes Jazz Productions | 517 514-2 | France | 1992 |
314 517 514-2 | Lightnin' Hopkins | It's A Sin To Be Rich (CD, Album) | Verve Records, Gitanes Jazz Productions | 314 517 514-2 | US | 1992 |
STARCD 5993 | Lightnin' Hopkins | It's A Sin To Be Rich (CD, Album) | Gitanes Jazz Productions | STARCD 5993 | South Africa | 1992 |
517 514-4 | Lightnin' Hopkins | It's A Sin To Be Rich (Cass, Album) | Gitanes Jazz Productions | 517 514-4 | France | 1992 |
Credits
- Art Direction – Patrice Beauséjour
- Coordinator [US Release Coordination] – Chris Maguire, Nate Herr
- Design – Cb Graphic
- Engineer – Baker Bigsby, Didier Marc
- Engineer [Assisted By] – Dann Thompson, Eric Cowden, Jeff Gautier
- Executive-Producer – Jean-Philippe Allard, John Snyder
- Photography By – Philip Melnick
- Producer – Ed Michel
Notes
Recorded May 16 and 17, 1972 at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles.
Mixed December 1991 at Group IV, Hollywood.
Mastered October 16, 1992 at Top Master, Paris.
Barcodes
- Barcode: 731451751424
Companies
- Manufactured By – Verve Records
- Marketed By – Verve Records
- Recorded At – The Village Recorder
- Mixed At – Group IV Recording Studios
- Mastered At – Top Master
Video
Album
It's A Sin To Be Rich, It's A Low-Down Shame To Be Poor - Lightnin' Hopkins. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. The Rehearsel For It's A Sin To Be Rich - Lightning Hopkins. Lightnin' Hopkins. UMG от лица компании Emarcy и другие авторские общества 1. Fuck All The in album Lightnin' Hopkins - It's A Sin To Be Rich 1992. You know that it's a sin to be rich but it's a low-down shame to be poor It is a sin to be rich, you know that it's a low-down shame to be poor You know a rich man ain't got a chance to go to heaven and a poor man got a hard way to go. You know I don't wanna be rich, I just wanna stay between rich and poor No, I don't wanna be rich, I just wanna live between rich and poor Yes, when I die you know I wanna go to heaven, that's when Po' Lightnin' will have a chance to go. Whoa, he gonna be the next man blow that trumpet, I wants to be there when po' Gabriel blow Whoa, that's when the world be off with the people and I can lay there and rest for sure Everybody . Album 1992 11 Songs. The Rehearsel For It's a Sin To Be Rich. It's a Sin to Be Rich, It's a Low-Down Shame To Be Poor. It's loose, shambolic, and thoroughly authentic. You can all but smell the stale smoke hovering in the air. Hopkins' guitar moans lazily as he banters with buddy John Lee Hooker, then spits out some surprisingly biting slide work. A historic document of the genre. Lightnin Hopkins It s A Sin To Be Rich, It s A Lowdown Shame To Be Poor 4:46. Lightnin Hopkins Y all Escuse Me 6: Rehearsel For It's A Sin To Be Rich. It's A Sin To Be Rich. It's A Sin To Be Rich, It's A Low-Down Shame To Be Poor. Y'All Escuse Me. Just Out Of Louisiana. Get Out Your Pencil. I Forgot To Pull My Shoes Off. Turn Me On. Lightnin' Hopkins - It's A Sin To Be Rich - Cd. Song Title. Very likely Lightnin' Hopkins' worst album, the fact that this lost album was not issued for many years after its recording a dead giveaway. A couple of tracks are conversation snippets, most of the songs loose and chaotic. Not that Lightnin' couldn't be loose and good - he was plenty. But these are bottom of the barrel, as Lightnin' goes. And the appearance of John Lee Hooker is a curiosity only. Worthwhile for the completist, but definitely to be avoided by casual and first-time Hopkins fans. Read more